Peggy Guggenheim’s Lost London Gallery
Peggy Guggenheim was one of the most influential art collectors of the twentieth century, but very little is known about her first London gallery.
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Frieze Week: Victoria Beckham’s Warhol Habit and Art’s New Money
Victoria Beckham and Andy Warhol. Who would have Adam and Eved it?
Sun, Sea and Sexy: Jacques-Henri Lartigue’s Utterly Instagrammable World
Jacques-Henri Lartigue brings so much pleasure to all who encounter his sublime pictures of the Belle Époque. Who does not fall in love with the timeless elegance of René Perle? Who can fail to be seduced by the parade of beautiful cars and wonderful scenery that was the backdrop to his privileged early life?
How Cops Snared ‘Catch Me if You Can’ Thief after London Crime Spree
Emilio Guerrero-Sepulveda was a bespectacled, smartly-dressed and well-groomed middle-aged man who looked more like a businessman than a globetrotting criminal who wreaked havoc at airport arrival lounges, hotel lobbies, West End luxury boutiques and several west London suburbs.
General Elections 2015: Spitting Image to the Rescue
Just when you thought the general election campaign needed a spark, an unseen hand to shake the main players out of their lethargy, up comes some very entertaining ghosts from the past. Those latex puppets that got 15m viewers glued to the television sets in the 80s and 90s are back again for a cameo role in a lacklustre election campaign devoid of characters, candour and colour.